EGLBS 2022
A Regional Association of Biblical Scholars
In collaboration with
The Catholic Biblical Association &
The Society of Biblical Literature
52nd ANNUAL MEETING
17–19 March 2022
hosted ONLINE by
Methodist Theological School in Ohio (MTSO)
(note - the PDF does not reflect all updates to the schedule)
Information for Business meeting (Friday 8 am)
Technical Information
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Eastern Great Lakes
Biblical Society
52nd ANNUAL MEETING
Thursday, March 17
9:30–9:50 A.M. WELCOME & GREETINGS
10:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M. SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS 1 Online
HEBREW BIBLE 1
(@ 10:00AM – 12:30PM) — HISTORICAL-CRITICAL, LEXICOGRAPHIC,
& STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
Convener: Joan Cook, Mount St. Joseph University
Kyle C. Dunham, Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary
“The Woman Who Is a Snare: The Identity and Nature of the Female Figure in Eccl 7:25-29”
John Lafferty, Frederick, MD
“Speech from the Whirlwind as Religious Recovery Resource from the Babylonian Trauma”
E. Bruce Brooks, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
“Elijah”
Andrew W. Dyck, Wycliffe College
“What If There Is Not Enough Evidence? Locusts in Joel 1:4 and 2:25”
Hannah S. An, Torch Trinity Graduate University (Seoul, Korea)
“Revisiting Ezra 1:1-4 with the Temple Building Inscriptions of Mesopotamia”
NEW TESTAMENT 1 — NEW TESTAMENT & ITS WORLD
Convener: Tucker Ferda, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Michael Blythe, South African Theological Seminary / Nations University
“‘Birth Pains’ in Prophetic Writings and Socio-Historical Dynamics”
Bart Bruehler, Indiana Wesleyan University
“Christ and the Forces of Purity Systems”
Gilad Elbom, Oregon State University
“Gospel Parables, Rabbinic Parallels, and the Decentralization of Textual Scholarship”
Doreen McFarlane, St. Catharines, Canada
“Persecution of the Righteous: Anti-Jewish Rhetoric or Intra Jewish Polemic?”
HANDOUT (note - this is the paper, not the handout)
NEW TESTAMENT 2 — GOSPELS
Convener: Sheila E. McGinn, John Carroll University
Christopher S. Morrissey, Trinity Western University
"A Generative Exegesis of the Parable of the Sower"
Burton Everist, Wartburg Seminary
“John’s Gospel: Good News for Jerusalem Refugees in the 70s CE”
Emily Reina Kerkhof, Asbury Theological Seminary
“The Significance of the City’s Question Concerning Jesus’ Identity in Matthew 21:10”
Mark G. Vitalis Hoffman, United Lutheran Seminary
“Translating the Gospel of Mark for Oral Performance”
1:00–2:45 P.M. SPECIAL SESSION
BOOK REVIEW PANEL 1 —
J. Richard Middleton, Abraham’s Silence: The Binding of
Isaac, the Suffering of Job, and How to Talk Back to God (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2021).
Convener: Kelly Murphy, Central Michigan University
· Susan Haddox, University of Mount Union
· Paul K.-K. Cho, Wesley Theological Seminary
· Brian Walsh, University of Toronto
· Marvin A. Sweeney, Claremont School of Theology
3:00–4:00 P.M. PLENARY 1 — KEYNOTE LECTURE
Introduction: Craig Tyson, D’Youville University
Douglas R. Clark, Director, Center for Near Eastern Archaeology, La Sierra University
4:15–5:00 P.M. PLENARY 2 — PRESIDENTIAL LECTURE
Introduction: Paul Kim, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Craig Tyson, D’Youville University
“The Twilight of the Late Bronze Age in the Land of Ammon”
7:00–8:00 P.M. EVENING SOCIAL GATHERING
www.kumospace.com/mtso-test-space
(click this link to join the interactive session)
Join the crowd for munchies and informal conversation. Bring your own drinks :)
Friday, March 18
8:00–8:45 A.M. ANNUAL MEMBERS’ BUSINESS MEETING
9:00–10:45 A.M. SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS 2
BOOK REVIEW PANEL 2 —
Meghan R. Henning, Hell Hath No Fury: Gender, Disability, and the
Invention of Damned Bodies in Early Christian Literature (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021)
Convener: Jonathan D. Lawrence, Canisius College
· Kelly Murphy, Central Michigan University
· Joy Schroeder, Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University
· Robert von Thaden, Mercyhurst University
· David Maldonado Rivera, Kenyon College
HEBREW BIBLE 2 (@ 9:00-11:30 A.M.) — THEOLOGICAL ANALYSES
Convener: Susan Haddox, University of Mount Union
Olugbemiro Berekiah, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
“The Mystery of Election and The Eclipse of Divine Justice in the Jacob Stories”
Gabriel Estrada, California Baptist University
“Israel’s Story in the Songs of Ascents: Toward a Missional Hermeneutic”
Cletus L. Hull III, Sioux Falls Seminary
“The Work of the Spirit with Samson and Saul, Similarities and Contrasts”
Catherine Petrany Briola, St. Vincent College
“Ambiguous Silences and Creation's Praise in Psalms 19 and 65”
Joseph Sykora, Northeastern Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan College
“Where Are My Roots? Reading Jeremiah 17:5-10 with Karl Rahner”
10:45 A.M. — 1:00 P.M. SIMULTANEOUS SESSIONS 3
NON-CANONICAL TEXTS 1 — FIRST-CENTURY C.E. AND BEYOND
Convener: Craig Tyson, D’Youville University
Krista Dalton, Kenyon College
“Rabbis around the Dinner Table”
Nathan Nadeau, McMaster Divinity College
“Trends in the Philosophy of History, Thoughts for New Testament Studies”
Frank Shaw, Cincinnati, Ohio
“The History of the Biblical Onomastica”
Susan Rachelle Kray, Indiana State University
“Fake News about Fictional Jews: Parrhesia and Conspiracy Theories in the UnLost Gospels”
Richard Klee, University of Notre Dame and Moreau College at Westville Correctional
"Reconsidering the Women of the Book of Tobit"
NEW TESTAMENT 3 — PAUL & HIS LETTERS Convener: Bart Bruehler, Indiana Wesleyan University
Nicholas Turko, Franciscan University of Steubenville
“Paul, Litigation, and Apocalyptic in the Corinthian Community”
Sheila E. McGinn, John Carroll University
“Human Trafficking in Romans 1:18-32”
Christine Trotter, University of Chicago
“Consolatory Rhetoric in 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12”
Caroline Collins, Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University
“Foundations of Sapphire: Galatians 4:27 and Obstetrical Literature in the Hebrew Bible”
12:45 P.M. EGLBS 2022 concludes
Saturday, March 19, 2:00–5:00pm Eastern Standard Time
Rhetoric of Religious Antiquity (RRA) Meeting: PRIESTLY DISCOURSE
Zoom Link: https://emory.zoom.us/j/94549957354
Meeting ID: 945 4995 7354
Vernon K. Robbins (relvkr@emory.edu) – General Discussion
Bart B. Bruehler, Luke 7:36–50
Roy R. Jeal, Colossians 4:2–6
